Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Chelsea: 3 reasons why Spurs beat Chelsea

#2 Chelsea’s defence looked shaky throughout the game

Chelsea's defence looked extremely shaky under the pressure that Tottenham put on them

Eyebrows were raised in the summer when Chelsea spent a monstrous £71m to bring in goalkeeper Kepa from Athletic Bilbao, but had it not been for the Spanish stopper, the Blues probably would’ve leaked an embarrassing amount of goals at Wembley today. Chelsea’s four-man defence – Cesar Azpilicueta, Antonio Rudiger, David Luiz and Marcos Alonso – simply didn’t turn up.

All three of Tottenham’s goals were fantastic from an attacking point of view, but it must be said that all three were also caused partially by slack defending. Dele Alli’s header came from some shoddy marking at a set-piece – allowing the England international to rush through and flick home his 6th goal against Chelsea in his last 5 games against them.

Rudiger then completely failed to close Harry Kane down, allowing him to fire in from long range while David Luiz inexplicably turned away from the shot, and finally Heung-Min Son simply ran riot down Chelsea’s right hand side, outpacing Jorginho with ease before slipping past Luiz to score Tottenham’s third. In general, the amount of space Son continually found behind the Blues’ defence must give Maurizio Sarri some food for thought.

The stats should tell their own story – just 40% of possession for Tottenham, but a total of 18 shots on goal with 9 on target. Had Tottenham displayed some better finishing – and had the referee awarded a penalty for a late questionable challenge on Erik Lamela – this could’ve been a whitewash, and Chelsea’s defence would’ve been to blame.